| 1. | I `am' the man `who' hath seen affliction By the rod of His wrath. |
| 2. | Me He hath led, and causeth to go `in' darkness, and without light. |
| 3. | Surely against me He turneth back, He turneth His hand all the day. |
| 4. | He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones. |
| 5. | He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness. |
| 6. | In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old. |
| 7. | He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter. |
| 8. | Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer. |
| 9. | He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked. |
| 10. | A bear lying in wait He `is' to me, A lion in secret hiding-places. |
| 11. | My ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation. |
| 12. | He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow. |
| 13. | He hath caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver. |
| 14. | I have been a derision to all my people, Their song all the day. |
| 15. | He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me `with' wormwood. |
| 16. | And He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes. |
| 17. | And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity. |
| 18. | And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah. |
| 19. | Remember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall! |
| 20. | Remember well, and bow down doth my soul in me. |
| 21. | This I turn to my heart -- therefore I hope. |
| 22. | The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies. |
| 23. | New every morning, abundant `is' thy faithfulness. |
| 24. | My portion `is' Jehovah, hath my soul said, Therefore I hope for Him. |
| 25. | Good `is' Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul `that' seeketh Him. |
| 26. | Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah. |
| 27. | Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth. |
| 28. | He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid `it' upon him. |
| 29. | He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope. |
| 30. | He giveth to his smiter the cheek, He is filled with reproach. |
| 31. | For the Lord doth not cast off to the age. |
| 32. | For though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness. |
| 33. | For He hath not afflicted with His heart, Nor doth He grieve the sons of men. |
| 34. | To bruise under one's feet any bound ones of earth, |
| 35. | To turn aside the judgment of a man, Over-against the face of the Most High, |
| 36. | To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved. |
| 37. | Who `is' this -- he hath said, and it is, `And' the Lord hath not commanded `it'? |
| 38. | From the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good. |
| 39. | What -- sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin? |
| 40. | We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back unto Jehovah. |
| 41. | We lift up our heart on the hands unto God in the heavens. |
| 42. | We -- we have transgressed and rebelled, Thou -- Thou hast not forgiven. |
| 43. | Thou hast covered Thyself with anger, And dost pursue us; Thou hast slain -- Thou hast not pitied. |
| 44. | Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, So that prayer doth not pass through. |
| 45. | Offscouring and refuse Thou dost make us In the midst of the peoples. |
| 46. | Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies. |
| 47. | Fear and a snare hath been for us, Desolation and destruction. |
| 48. | Rivulets of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people. |
| 49. | Mine eye is poured out, And doth not cease without intermission, |
| 50. | Till Jehovah looketh and seeth from the heavens, |
| 51. | My eye affecteth my soul, Because of all the daughters of my city. |
| 52. | Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause. |
| 53. | They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me. |
| 54. | Flowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been cut off. |
| 55. | I called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower pit. |
| 56. | My voice Thou hast heard, Hide not Thine ear at my breathing -- at my cry. |
| 57. | Thou hast drawn near in the day I call Thee, Thou hast said, Fear not. |
| 58. | Thou hast pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, Thou hast redeemed my life. |
| 59. | Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, my overthrow, Judge Thou my cause. |
| 60. | Thou hast seen all their vengeance, All their thoughts of me. |
| 61. | Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, All their thoughts against me, |
| 62. | The lips of my withstanders, Even their meditation against me all the day. |
| 63. | Their sitting down, and their rising up, Behold attentively, I `am' their song. |
| 64. | Thou returnest to them the deed, O Jehovah, According to the work of their hands. |
| 65. | Thou givest to them a covered heart, Thy curse to them. |
| 66. | Thou pursuest in anger, and destroyest them, From under the heavens of Jehovah! |